Museum Gardens

Local nameMuseum Gardens
LocationYork, UK

The York Museum Gardens are botanic gardens in the centre of York, England, beside the River Ouse. They cover an area of 10 acres of the former grounds of St Mary's Abbey, and were created in the 1830s by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society along with the Yorkshire Museum which they contain.

The gardens are held in trust by the City of York Council and are managed by the York Museums Trust. They were designed in a gardenesque style by landscape architect Sir John Murray Naysmith, and contain a variety of species of plants, trees and birds. Admission is free. A variety of events take place in the gardens, such as open-air theatre performances and festival activities.

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Opening hours

Mar - Oct: 7:30 am – 8 pm
Oct - Mar: 7:30 am – 6 pm

Closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

Admission

Free admission.

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Museum_Gardens

Official Website https://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/

Phone +44 1904 687 687

Address Museum St, York, YO1 7FR, UK

Coordinates 53°57'41.456" N -1°5'18.306" E

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